Burlesk King (1999) Poster

(1999)

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6/10
Interesting soap opera, disappointing end (slight spoiler)
LincMad23 June 2000
Warning: Spoilers
The whole film has quite a bit of a soap-opera feel to it, along the lines of Macho Dancer. It's an interesting peek into the world of dancers in clubs in the Philippines, but the dramatic tension of the film is dissipated in the last 2 or 3 minutes with an ending that felt very slapdash and polyanna. This was a film that should not have had an "And they all lived happily ever after" ending. The film would've been much better even just leaving the issues unresolved and hanging.
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*** Not too bad
Bil-324 February 2000
A movie in which both the boy and his girlfriend sell their bodies for money? Then we find out his mother does too? Wow! I'd love to see Americans try to fit these characters in a movie this side of the ocean. Truth be told, they couldn't, but Filipino director Mel Chionglo finds a lot of heart at the centre of this seemingly lurid story, his follow-up to the last "Macho dancer" film Midnight Dancer (it's funny, when I saw this film at the Toronto International Film Festival last year, the speakers kept referring to "Macho Dancer Film" as if it was an established genre). While this, the third installment in the series probes deeper depths of characters and the effects that dancing for money has on its main character, Midnight Dancer had a much better storyline and invigorating pace. The story follows teenager Harry who comes to Manila from Olongapo to find his American father who he'd escaped as a child when he was beating Harry and his mother senseless and pimping them off to friends for money. To survive in the big city, Harry dances at a gay club, temporarily losing sight of his goal in his devotion to his work, but accomplishing it nonetheless. It drags on a bit, but it's not a bad film at all.
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What???
majolica7 December 2000
What is this c***???? This is the worst movie I think I have ever seen, and I have seen a lot of bad movies. Let's see. It had: bad acting, bad directing, bad sound editing, bad script, bad plot, bad sets, bad actors, bad music, etc. Thank god I didn't have to pay to see it, or else I would have demanded a refund. THIS MOVIE SUCKS!!!!!!!
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